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Topic: Kickstarters of interest (Read 19961 times)

Given links to kickstarters have become a semi-regular thing now, I guess it makes sense to have a central thread for them for bored browsing.It's a crying shame when interesting projects slip on by, plus sometimes we could use a helpful reality check when something smells like a scam.Not limited to games, either.

I don't think I'll be going for that kickstarter for the same reason I didn't go for that Planetary Annihilation one...No in-game footage, just concept talk and buzzwords. Hell, not even concept work beyond stills of a popular blockworld style. The more I hear about reinventing/redefining a genre (on a budget, on a small time limit), and re-envisioning older games, the more I shut off. Also : Molyneux. Sure games with him floating in them tend to be interesting on the surface, but they also have an awful habit of lacking immersion once you work out the skeletal mechanics. Plus I never quite forgave him for The Movies, which is a shining example of this. :I

Person21 - As enjoyed by Veraal.A wise Surface to Air Missile once said about marrying 9 year olds in Saudi Arabia "Its pretty hard to tell if a 9 year old is going to be hot when she grows up, kids change a lot, usually, seems like a bad system. That cute little nine year old you married could end being a fat, zitty teenager."

But Maia at least has some actual prototype footage and isn't being made by Peter Molyneux for Mobile Devices. And the person who is making it has made games before and isn't Peter Molyneux.

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Person21 - As enjoyed by Veraal.A wise Surface to Air Missile once said about marrying 9 year olds in Saudi Arabia "Its pretty hard to tell if a 9 year old is going to be hot when she grows up, kids change a lot, usually, seems like a bad system. That cute little nine year old you married could end being a fat, zitty teenager."

All those features make it look like an over ambitious failure in the making.

Speaking of over ambitious failures, the direct Dungeon Keeper rip-off spiritual sequel War for the Overworld, that's been in development for awhile now has started a Kickstarter. Which despite being a spiritual Dungeon Keeper 3 and being called War for the Overworld, it apparently does not actually feature an Overworld. Nor does it take place in space.

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Person21 - As enjoyed by Veraal.A wise Surface to Air Missile once said about marrying 9 year olds in Saudi Arabia "Its pretty hard to tell if a 9 year old is going to be hot when she grows up, kids change a lot, usually, seems like a bad system. That cute little nine year old you married could end being a fat, zitty teenager."